URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1012 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR TO ABOVE 100 TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY... .PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE MORE DAY AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNCHANGED. OHZ061-077-192215- /O.CON.KILN.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130720T0100Z/ MONTGOMERY-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...CINCINNATI 1012 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HAMILTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 ON TODAY DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S. * TIMING...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE QUICKLY INTO THE UPPER 90S BY NOON AND WILL PEAK BETWEEN 100 AND 104 IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF HIGH DAYTIME HEAT INDICES AND WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES CAN TAKE A TOLL ON THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING IN URBAN AREAS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 911.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:36:22 +0000
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